Lovely work there by Mr Fruit.
And, if i'm allowed a shameless plug, Issue 4 of Bowerhouse will have a very long, and with tons of photos, article on Martin Bower building a Leviathan for a collector.
Stunning stuff and not to be missed.
*plug over*

I'd encourage everyone to get an issue of Bowerhouse showing the Leviathan - I've seen a photo of that model and it is stunning. I haven;t posted it as I haven't got permission from Martin to do so, but regardless it is a fantastic model. I'll definetly get a copy of the issue.

Incrediblefruit's Leviathan project is amazing, can't wait to see more !!!

I'll definitely be in for one of Martin Bower's next mag issue devoted to his version of Cobb's ship !!!! (WAOW !!!)

Fred

Fred: was the issue what you thought it'd be?

I must admit I didn't buy it... mainly because what you can see of his LAVIATHAN model doesn't look very convincing on the cover...

Take a look by yourself :

The proportions and details aren't right, compared to Cobb's blueprints and Incrediblefruit's model... I guess Martin Bower reinterpreted the design of the ship with what he had in hand at the time he built it...

I disagree, I think it looks GREAT!
The color of it and the lighting no doubt makes it stand out more, but the yellow coloring on Ron Cobb's designs, and those of Chris Foss, were before they went for the zinc-plate primer color.
It'd be great to see also a zinc-plate primer version like the final Nostromo.

I have not bought the issue yet, but I had seen some images last year from above and whilst it was being built, and it is truly a terrific model.

Martin did do some new interviews and provided new images of Nostromo for the bluray release, including some Leviathan shots, but he was not sure last year whether the Leviathan shots would be included.

Remember also that the Nostromo does not look like Ron Cobb's sketches either _________________

Martin did do some new interviews and provided new images of Nostromo for the bluray release, including some Leviathan shots, but he was not sure last year whether the Leviathan shots would be included.

Remember also that the Nostromo does not look like Ron Cobb's sketches either

I really like the yellow color idea, but again the photo on the cover made me more think of a Thunderbirds model than a Cobb inspired ship...

Would you have photos of Martin Bower's Leviathan you could share with us here in order to make me change my mind about this model, Graham ?

The thing is Martin's online shop isn't Mac friendly... You just CAN'T place en order when you use Safari ! (and since I don't want to instal Internet Explorer on my Mac, well I won't be able to buy one of his mags)